This was tons of fun. It never feels dull and the two stars share great chemistry with each other. It soars when it's just Julia and Clive on screen sharing some very well written witty lines. The ending is perfect, and sets a great tone. It's by no means perfect, but it's pure enjoyment. The crowd I was with ate it up, should have great legs. B+

Slick and loads of fun. Julia Roberts (in a welcome return to lead roles) and Clive Owen share a sexy, unforced chemistry, and the supporting cast including Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson is effective. Duplicity is significantly more light-hearted than Tony Gilroy's last (Michael Clayton) but nearly as well-plotted and well-made. This isn't a great movie but it is very entertaining and the sort of breezy fun that makes for an enjoyable two hours.

I also enjoyed the unconventional ending in which...


B+

Julia Roberts return to the screen is a great one and her chemistry with Clive Owen is great. The story is creative and is overall just a very enjoyable film. The spin at the end is also great. B+

smart, sexy, and fun... but sometimes a bit boring and redundant.

B

Like the characters in the movie itself, Duplicity keeps on playing its audience until the very end. Though writer/director Tony Gilroy moves from the serious legal thriller Michael Clayton to lighter fare here, hardly any of the intelligent writing is lost. This is a movie that demands its audience's attention and keeps viewers on their toes by always staying a step ahead, particularly when it seems like there's nothing else to figure out. The non-linear presentation works very well, with layers of backstory being peeled away as appropriate to the events in the present (though it does get a bit sluggish and needlessly tough to follow at times). Clive Owen and Julia Roberts are right on the money as the sexy couple caught up in corporate espionage, nailing excellent chemistry in a far more pleasant relationship than the one they shared together in Closer. With solid, fun performances, humorous moments, and some stylish techniques at hand, Duplicity is a highly entertaining movie that doesn't disappoint, especially when its final (and best) twist is unveiled.

B+

Work have booked out a theatre to see this so im hoping its decent. If not, i'll just get drunk!

Duplicity has a clever story structure that I can certainly admire... but never love.

The whole thing came off as just too dang arch. Yeah, I get that the humor was built around that, but it just didn't mesh like the gears of a well oiled piston and shaft.

Plus, not only did Julia Roberts look pretty scary in some of the shots (and she did far better acting even on Letterman last week), but Clive Owen underwhelmed me for the first time ever!

out of

Bradley! how can you give knowing a perfect score and this only 3/5. Admittedly I haven't seen this, but I can't see how I won't love it.

I call's 'em as I see's 'em.

well at least you're the honest type. *sighs*

smart, technically well done, and greatly acted. but a bit bland and boring. B-

A really well made, fun movie, so basically what you guys have said... I really wanted to give it an A-, but it really just isnt a film i could see myself watching over even if it is good.

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4/10 -> D

The way the story was plotted was irritating. The twists weren't that predictable (besides the last one) but the way they were delivered was completely mishandled. The time jumps (and the lame montages between) were more irritating rather than a goofy way to shed a new light on the events.

The acting is underwhelming from both leads and even the supporting cast doesn't manage to give a single bright spark.

The overall experience of the movie - borefest from the beginning to the end. I never cared, never laughed, never bought into their love story. The movie never did anything for me. Pity. The concept (although not the most original one) could've been exploited much better.

Saw beginning on a break, looks really good, plan to see it in the next few days before we lose it.

If a film could blow itself the result would be Duplicity. I can't remember the last time I saw a film that was so in love with itself. By the half hour mark I was pretty much disgusted with it. And the overall tone of the film I felt was a colossal miscalculation. I wasn't going in expecting a heist romp like Ocean's Eleven, but when you have serious/thriller music playing over a bunch of people standing around machines that duplicate copies from a building across the street, something is wrong, especially if the building across the street is a company that specializes in soap. I normally like James Newton Howard, but less would've been more here. His score belongs in another, and much better, film. And the way the story is told is godawful. The first 45 minutes are absolutely confusing. By the time the end comes around (Which I thought would never come. In the last 20 minutes it felt like there were two different endings) it all comes together but I could hardly care at that point.

Not everything was horrible though. I liked Paul Giamatti and the speech he gave at the end. I also liked the last shot of the film with Owen and Roberts both having that dumbfounded look on their faces at the end of the film. I think I had the same look on my face when the lights came up.

½*

I'm so surprised people are hating this...

Two people?

I meant in general, not just here.

I've only seen part of it, but I'm not. It's smart (whether it's good or not is debatable, but it is intelligent material) and people, the general public, are not. They like dumb things, typically, although this does not always stand true (IM, TDK, POTC) And I know I sound like an elitist, but it's hard not to.

Duplicity is everything but smart. There's nothing here you haven't seen before.

I'd have to say you are in the minority opinion there,

...but it's a bad kind of smart. The director and writer pretty much ruin the story because of their need to show off how smart they think they are. This movie coulda been great if it had replaced some of it's brains with some more heart...

Perhaps but that wasn't the argument, he contended that it wasn't smart, I disagreed. Whether that's a good or bad thing is debatable, which was my original point, whether it's true or not is what we were debating.

I don't think it's hate. More people would've had to have seen the movie. I think it's more along the lines of vast indifference.